Which city?
We are traveling to Italy in October with our two kids (12 and 10). We have 2.5 days in Venice, 4.5 days in Florence (which includes day trips to Bologna for a food tour and Chianti for some winery tours) and 2.5 days in Rome. Also to note, we will be on a cruise afterwards, with stops in La Spezia and Naples. We plan to see Cinque Terre and Pompeii while on the cruise.
We have an extra full day that we want to plan as a “down” day; a day that’s more relaxed and open for spontaneity. The question is, which city would you recommend having an extra “down” day…Florence or Rome? Or another way to look at it, which city would you spread out your itinerary in? Is there anything off the beaten path that you would see or do during that down day in that city?